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re: how many were at the gump spring game?
Posted on 4/22/11 at 10:07 am to Draconian Sanctions
Posted on 4/22/11 at 10:07 am to Draconian Sanctions
They were actually talking about this on sports radio in Jacksonville yesterday. I have no idea but the radio guy said he had a picture of a guy catching a pass and the end zones were basically empty.
I don't know what point in the day it was though.
I don't know what point in the day it was though.
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Posted on 4/22/11 at 10:09 am to bama my heart
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It doesn't matter to anyone else, but I promise you that if any other school had more than we did for our Spring game, the first thing to be posted would have been how such and such school had more at their spring game than Bama.
See, tOSU this year. already done
Posted on 4/22/11 at 10:44 am to Draconian Sanctions
Yep, you've got us. It's all a lie made up to screw with all our rivals' heads.
In this picture, the photographer made everyone slide close together to give the illusion there were more people there. In reality, the stadium half you don't see is empty.
It really doesn't matter. Bama fans just like their football and the spring game is the last one for 4 long months.
In this picture, the photographer made everyone slide close together to give the illusion there were more people there. In reality, the stadium half you don't see is empty.
It really doesn't matter. Bama fans just like their football and the spring game is the last one for 4 long months.
Posted on 4/22/11 at 10:50 am to jatebe
I was there and I would say 90k is about right. upper north endzone was about 80-90% full and every other upper section was 90-100% full and there were a lot of people standing on the field level. I left at halftime b/c it was boring.
Posted on 4/22/11 at 10:56 am to Draconian Sanctions
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I heard Bama lied about the number so real figures only please
Not that it should matter to any other fanbase - but Bama had +/- twice what any other SEC school had show up for a scrimmage.
Coach Saban has laid this responsibility onto the fanbase to pack out the stadium on A-Day. We are just doing our fricking job, and toting our share of the load for UA.
Posted on 4/22/11 at 10:57 am to Doomed
Crowd outside Bryant Denny for the Coach Saban statue unveiling. It was also carried live inside on the jumbotrons.
Posted on 4/22/11 at 10:58 am to RT1941
quote:Holy shite, I hope you are not being serious.
Coach Saban has laid this responsibility onto the fanbase to pack out the stadium on A-Day. We are just doing our fricking job, and toting our share of the load for UA
Posted on 4/22/11 at 11:02 am to WDE24
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Holy shite, I hope you are not being serious.
100% If I could have been there I would have, for exactly the reasons he just stated. If Nick says it helps in recruiting, then by God im gonna do my part.
Posted on 4/22/11 at 11:03 am to roadGator
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I have no idea but the radio guy said he had a picture of a guy catching a pass and the end zones were basically empty.
I don't know what point in the day it was though.
That was late in the game, after halftime ppl started steadily leaving. Like someone said earlier, by the end of the game, there were about 8,500 left.
Posted on 4/22/11 at 11:04 am to WDE24
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Holy shite, I hope you are not being serious
Why not? According to our rivals, ain't nothing else to do in Alabama except sit around and twiddle our thumbs. Might as well go.
Coach Saban likes it. The recruits rave about it. And, we get our practice put on TV because we are dumbasses that show up for a practice that doesn't mean anything.
Posted on 4/22/11 at 11:11 am to jatebe
I don't care how many of you go to the game. I just find it weird that some having the reasoning that "it was our job because Coach Saban said so."
I get being a Bama fan and liking your coach, but some of you guys/gals go off the deep end with the Saban deification.
I get being a Bama fan and liking your coach, but some of you guys/gals go off the deep end with the Saban deification.
Posted on 4/22/11 at 11:11 am to WDE24
I'd imagine most went because it was a nice day and free. Nothing wrong with any of that.
Posted on 4/22/11 at 11:15 am to WDE24
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deep end with the Saban deification.
Statues are deified. God came that way.
Posted on 4/22/11 at 11:16 am to WDE24
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WDE24
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Holy shite, I hope you are not being serious.
I am serious as a fricking heart attack!
If Coach Saban says that the presence of my family is needed on A-Day, then I will bust my arse to get my family of four into that stadium.
If Coach Saban says that the BDS crowd has an impact on gameday - I then I will scream my head off while I'm at every Bama game.
There are only a few opportunities a year that a fan can show their support to the players and coaching staff. And fricking being "in attendance" is one of them. (Of course those thousands I shell out to Tide Pride helps too!)
Posted on 4/22/11 at 11:20 am to WDE24
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fan (fn) n. An ardent devotee; an enthusiast. [Short for fanatic.]
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fa·nat·ic (f-ntk) n. A person marked or motivated by an extreme, unreasoning enthusiasm, as for a cause. adj.
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fanatic [f?'næt?k] n 1. a person whose enthusiasm or zeal for something is extreme or beyond normal limits
Posted on 4/22/11 at 11:21 am to roadGator
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roadGator
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They were actually talking about this on sports radio in Jacksonville yesterday. I have no idea but the radio guy said he had a picture of a guy catching a pass and the end zones were basically empty.
I don't know what point in the day it was though.
He may be referring to the pic in Sports Illustrated this week. We were in that endzone. He didn't actually catch the ball and the pic was taken with less than 1 minute left in the game.
There were no passes caught in the endzones. TDs on fumble return, Trent from about 20 yds out, and Hart from 17 out.
Posted on 4/22/11 at 11:21 am to McGregor
quote:I agree. I have no problem with 100,000 wanting to go to a spring game. And I don't ridicule bama fans for going. I was addressing one particular comment that I found strange.
I'd imagine most went because it was a nice day and free. Nothing wrong with any of that.
Posted on 4/22/11 at 11:23 am to Teague
quote:At the risk of appearing dumb, I have to admit that I don't understand this comment.
Statues are deified. God came that way.
Posted on 4/22/11 at 11:23 am to WDE24
last spring game I went to was the Mike Price game I stayed a quarter, watched our QB's throw the ball all over the field, got rained on and left.
Pathetic all the way around
I stayed a quarter, watched our QB's throw the ball all over the field, got rained on and left. Pathetic all the way around
Posted on 4/22/11 at 11:39 am to WDE24
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WDE24
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I was addressing one particular comment that I found strange.
I'm a supporter of many things that I care about.
When my daughter's HS coach needs a parent to haul kids to out of town games, I'm there with the SUV everytime, ready to go.
When my kids school needs new uniforms for athletics, I throw my $$ in the hat.
When my son's Boy Scout troop needs volunteer's for weekend campouts - I'm there pitchin tents and cookin weenies.
When the church youth group needs $$ to send kids on mission trips this summer, I throw $$ in the plate.
When my old fraternity needs donations to build a new house on campus, I send my $$.
When Saban asks the UA fanbase to do their part to show support for the players and the university, I'm throw my $$ in the hat and I make the effort to be present to show my support.
There are many folks that do the exact same thing that I choose to do - no difference really.
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